Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Laura Ingraham has landed

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Laura Ingraham has signed with her new syndicator – you’ve never heard of them. The only show they syndicate is Loveline with Dr Drew, which is carried only on a few stations. She is clearly not hoping to return to … Continue reading →

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Savage says “talk radio is imploding”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/michael-savage-talk-radio-committing-suicide/ [pssst – Radio America is a pro military Conservative syndicator – Air America was the liberal bush bashers]

Posted in Michael "Savage" Weiner, Radio Biz, Talk Radio, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Tammy Bruce says “no thanks”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Fred Stiening

If you were hoping that pro choice gun totin’ lesbian independent Conservative Tammy Bruce would replace Laura Ingraham on TRN, she has squashed those rumors A Tammy Radio Update, And About Those Terrestrial Radio Rumors…

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Whatever happened to Pia Zadora?

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

How’s that for a flashback? Pia got her moment of fame by being a young woman hanging around with an aging Frank Sinatra. Jerry Doyle was promoting a charity event in Vegas and mentioned her name. She is 58 years … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to TMZ Live Radio?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Last night, I stumbled on an hour of TMZ Live – Premiere launched it maybe a year ago. Looking at the list of their big list of affiliates during the summer, all of them were Clear Channel music stations and … Continue reading →

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Who owns Laura 365?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Now that Laura Ingraham dropped her bombshell of leaving TRN, she has an immediate loose end to deal with, the same one Savage had – some number of people have prepaid subscriptions to the Laura 365 service. Who owns it … Continue reading →

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Laura Ingraham thinking about leaving TRN?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Tom Taylor started picking rumors about a week ago that Laura Ingraham was about to become a pioneer – taking her show to iHeartRadio. Now confirmation is coming from affiliates that Laura is either “in negotiations with” or will be … Continue reading →

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Suing your way to success

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/view/seattles-kptk-am-1090-expected-to-switch-from-progressive-talk-to-sports/ The head of the American Trial Lawyers Association is threatening to sue CBS if they drop progressive talk in Seattle. He currently is carried on the station on a weekend program that used to run on the long ago … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Talk Radio | 5 Comments

Dial Global Gives up

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Some of you know I used to work for NASDAQ. What Dial Global did is pretty odd – they voluntarily are going to delist themselves from NASDAQ. Normally when companies are falling apart, they fight to try to stay listed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 15 Comments

Boortz Overboard!

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Neal Boortz told the world he is retiring on January 20th when the new President is sworn in. Neal is going to be replaced on Dial Global syndication by Herman Cain, former Pizza executive and Republican Presidential campaign confuser. So … Continue reading →

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